3 injured in Sanatoga crash

LOWER POTTSGROVE — Three people were taken to the hospital after a two-car crash that shut down East High Street in Sanatoga for almost an hour Tuesday.

The crash occurred when Nola Szakal, 85, of Pottstown, attempted to turn left from South Sanatoga Road onto the westbound lane of East High Street around 12:59 p.m., according to Lower Pottsgrove police. Szakal turned her blue Toyota Scion into the path of an Oldsmobile heading east and driven by Michael Holland, 53, of Pottstown, police said. Holland’s car hit the driver’s side of Szakal’s Scion, police said, causing heavy damage to both cars.

Szakal was trapped in the wreckage and had to be freed from the vehicle by members of Goodwill Fire and Rescue. She suffered injuries to her head, both of her arms and her left leg, according to police.

Szakal’s passenger, Andrew McGlincy, 79, of Audubon, was also injured in the crash, police said, as was Holland, who suffered injuries to his leg and abdomen.

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All three were taken by ambulance to Reading Hospital and Trauma Center.

The road was closed about 45 minutes as the victims were treated and the scene investigated and cleared.

Lower Pottsgrove police were assisted at the scene by the Sanatoga Fire Department, fire police from Sanatoga and Ringing Hill, and the Pottstown Fire Department.